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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

659 AM CDT MON AUG 11 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CLEVELAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...

  NORTHWESTERN MCCLAIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...

  SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...



* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT



* AT 658 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM   

SOUTH OKLAHOMA CITY TO MOORE... NORMAN... TO SOUTH OF LAKE 

THUNDERBIRD...MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. RADAR INDICATES 

BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THESE AREAS OVER 

THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 

INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE DEL CITY...MIDWEST CITY...MOORE...

  NORMAN AND SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA CITY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARM LANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR

VEHICLE. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES

INCLUDING SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUP TRUCKS. MOVE TO HIGHER

GROUND.



LAT...LON 3544 9715 3515 9714 3508 9766 3552 9766



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